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   I think it was one of our Shop Teachers in High School, who told us about how challenging Shop was in the "Old Days"... We were told for instanc...
   Haven't had a boatload of inspiration lately, so even the simplest of projects is welcomed... This Project started at my Desk... Pens and pencil...
Back when I was flush-trimming the arm and seat rail components, I avoided routing the straight edge on each where they would eventually be joined....
For cutting the yoke tenons, I used the technique described by Ty earlier, rather than using a filler piece in the top curve of the yoke.  Ultimate...
Note, this should have been first, but Craftisian doesn't have a good way to go back and add a new entry out of order, as far as I can tell. [Imag...
I cut a set of stretchers on the CNC since its bed was large enough to accommodate their length.   It's much less harrowing than flush trimming nar...

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